Speaker opposes drive to end tenure

  • Capital Highlights By Gary Borders Texas Press Association
    Capital Highlights By Gary Borders Texas Press Association
House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, said Friday he opposes a push by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to end tenure for new professors at the state’s public universities and to revoke it for faculty who teach critical race theory, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Phelan, speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, said the feedback he has gotten indicates ending tenure would make it more difficult for…

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